Landmark climate ruling in Dutch court

Climate activists used the 2015 Paris Agreement to win a Dutch court ruling ordering Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emissions nearly in half this decade.

By Arete News - May 26, 2021

Seattle kayakers at a 2015 protest of Royal Dutch Shell plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean (AN/Daniella Beccaria)

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